Category Archives: Family

2013/04/30 Thank you for staying!

130430family03They came from Switzerland and
stayed for 8 nights.

During their stay they went to the nearest beach
"Shirahama", Shimoda aquarium, Shimoda city and many places.

And their
Japanese friends came to Izu and drove with this family to Shuzenji
town, Western part of Izu peninsula for 2 days.

In the 1st night their
children asked my son to play card game.

 


130430family01My son was very nervous befor
playing because it was the first time to play with the foreign children,
but my son became very happy and could have a lot of great experiences
with them.

When they checked out they gave us a present from
Switzerland, which was a red moneybox looked like a cow bell. Thank you
very much for staying with us. We had a lot of great time with you!!

Clich here to see the other photos.

2013/04/07 Big waves in Shirahama & Cycling in Shimoda

1307407beach09Last night we had heavy rain and strong wind here in Shimoda.

But it became sunny and the blue sky came back today.

They had big waves this afternoon.

Click here to see the pictures on the beach today.

 

 

 

130407cycling01After I took pictures on the beach, my son and I went to Shimoda for cycling.

I parked my car at Shimoda harbor and started cycling to Rendaiji town.

We had strong wind, but my son was very excited today.

Click here to see the pictures.

2013/03/30 Cycling on the river side in Minami Izu town

130330sakura04I went to Minami Izu town with my son to ride
bicycle.

Sakura trees on the riverside were fully blooming and we could
see the rape blossoms as well.

We rode bicycle to the beach on the
riverside and came back to the parking lot.

It was almost 2 hours, but
he was very excited and had a fun today.

Click here to see the other pictures which I took today.

2013/01/03 Shirahama Shrine

130103jinja01We went to the nearest shrine called
'Shirahama Jinja' this afternoon for the 1st time this year.

Most of
Japanese go to the shrine at the beginning of the new year to pray the
health and the good luck for this year.

It was very cold there but there were a lot of people at the shrine.

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130103jinja02My second daughter works
as 'Miko' , a shrine maiden for the 1st time of her life.

It had been
very hard for her to work outside because of the cold wind, but it will
be a good experience for her.

2012/10/29 Shirahama shirine festival

121029shrine05Today it was a second day of
Shirahama shrine festival.

A lot of people come to this shrine and they
watched the traditional dance performance.

And after that they had a ceremony to tell the
opening of festival to the gods on the seven islands on the pacific
ocean.

Actually it is held on the first day, but they changed the date
because of rain yesterday.

Click the links below to see the pictures on our Facebook albums.

Shirahama shrine festival

Hitachisai Fire Ceremony

2012/10/28 Eve of Shirahama Shrine Festival

121028ceremony02Shirahama shrine which has a long
history of more than 2,400 years has the festival on October 28th, 29th
and 30th.

Today it was an eve of this festival and the young boys and
girls who are second year students in junior high attended the ceremony
which was held in the main shrine.

My second daughter also joined them.

Click here to see the other pictures which I took in this shrine this evening.